the capss initiative has moved on to amy brown. there are -- i will make a mild disagreement with you, director, in terms of i think there are these three or four things that we have asked webic to do -- asked the bic to do that rightly remain with the building inspection commission. these are as i see it, some black and white building issues that are technical in nature. there were four recommendations we recommended. first was to enact the post- earthquake repair guidelines. one of the main reasons that i want laura up here with me -- i'm the liberal arts major, and i'm not the engineer. laura is the engineer, and she understands this stuff, so when you come up with the technical questions, i certainly want her here. the second request was the bic cards some standards for retrofitting, that that would be -- we all want to encourage people to do voluntary retrofitting. they will then know that if they conform to those standards on their retrofitting efforts, that they will not be asked down the line to come and redo the work they

[applause] acting city administrator, amy brown. [applause] port director monique moyer is with us. [applause] and from senator mark lino's office, susan slim. [applause] from assemblyman tom ammiano's office. thank you for joining us in the celebration. we will have the final performance of the evening from the chinese american international school. they helped to start this celebration earlier this evening. i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign lang

amy brown attended a number of our meetings. she is on board. most of you have attended some of our meetings and are supportive on this. i think there is an incredible joint cooperative effort and feeling that we need to move things forward, and we are going to continue to do that, but thank you to each of you here. them a second that. >> thank you. one more item i wanted to add is on my concern, especially on the disclosure side is that we do not get into a category much like the toxic assets that has evolved from the refinancing, structuring, and all that, that on the seismic side, that the passing of the buck does not ultimately become problematic on not doing what is required or recommended to be done for the buildings. >> on that matrix clinch that commissioner clinch reyes and showed you, we started with several stages of the valuation. we can take a look at what happened, and there are 40 buildings -- is that about right? that have not been retrofitted yet. that ordinance came into play -- was it 15, 20 years ago? are those within the cat

amy, thanks a lot. 5:37. this morning in sacramento governor jerry brown will address the budget conference committee after lawmakerstaxpayer caucus yesterday aimed at stopping anymore tax increases. the caucus says it may be willing to support governor brown's proposal asking voters to extend temporary taxes five years if he gives them the option of cutting taxes by the same amount. an assemblyman introduced a bill that would tax high income earners an additional 1% to save social programs the poor rely on. california faces a $26.6 billion budget deficit. >> we're coming up on 5:38. we are also coming up on a winter weather warning or watch? >> i don't know. let's talk to mike about that though. he ought to know. >> it's an advisory which means we're that much closer to the watch which is 24 to 48 out. advisory means, yeah, it's going to happen. here's what's going to happen and what you need to be prepared for. we'll get to all that in a second. let me get you out the door if you're leaving in the south bay with a look at live doppler 7 hd. out ahead of the main system haven't heard any reports of this actually ma

amy allison, publisher of oaklandscene.com. carla marinucci, political reporter with the "san francisco chronicle." carla, governor jerry brown called for a special election on june 6th to try to solve the state's budget problems. what has been the reaction from both political parties and the public? >> well, you know, the reaction this week belva has been interesting because this is a drama like california has never seen. we saw this week in the chamber, 14-minute speech, this is his eighth state of the state address. and you could see this one was different from any other one we've seen. this is a governor who is an experienced politician, who knows this stuff inside and out, who knows these people in the chamber and knows these issues. and that is where the drama is. he's making the case as you heard in that clip. it is time for the people of california to weigh in and he's got the republicans on the other side who are saying, oh, no, we've got issues with this too. of course, what's being proposed is tax extensions. and california as we know, $25 billion budget crunch, budget deficit. he's saying this is the only way, tha

amy grant performed. reagan died after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. >> willy brown talked about the reagan legacy this more than on mete meet the press. brown was the assembly speaker during reagan's tenure as california's governor. he. >> he really learned about government and the operation of government and what government could or could not do in the eight years he spent as the governor of the state of california, and there were really incredible learning years for this extraordinary, gifted person. so it doesn't surprise me by 1981 he would be saying the words that we're still living with and trying to address today. >> alan: still much more ahead including a warning about telephone scammers in san mateo. >>> one of the pioneers 0 of the civil rights movement speaks in san francisco. more record heat today b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b

santa clara city officials say governor brown's plans could throw a monkey wrench in their plans to build the 49ers a new stadium. live in santa clara, amythey're going to try to change his mind. there's going to be april fight ahead. >> they say they've been working on this too long for the governor to come along and change the game on them. at issue is whether tax dollars should go to building a new 49ers stadium in santa clara. the governor has proposed doing away with redevelopment agencies. the ideas that the state is broke and the money needs to go to local governments and schools. the state plan depends on $49 million from the state. it always has. there is no plan b. city council members are going to aggressively fight to protect that money. tomorrow the city council plans to change the language in the stadium deal to illustrate this has been the plan for years, long before the governor came up with the idea to cut redevelopment funds. if the city loses this $40 million, officials could try to find some private funding or ditch the project. but right now they're waiting to see what will happen and they're stepping up their effort

brown is holding a special election in june to see whether to extend tax increases by five years. >> a simple message for anyone driving this morning: slow down! amy hollyfield continues our storm watch coverage from the bay bridge this morning where it appears not everybody is getting the message. >> i know it, eric. we're seeing people driving fast and hitting standing water. that's the story here. let's start with the water. we've got pictures of cars hitting a huge puddle of water at full speed. very caught off guard by it. it's right here at the bay bridge, right before the toll plaza headed into san francisco. caltran doesn't have a crew available to do with this. extra workers were brought in for the storm but they're covering the north bay and the south bay. the east bay crews aren't coming in for another hour or so. be aware of this water. chp officers tell me we've had so much rain, they're finding there are standing water spots all over the bay area randomly popping up here and there today. saying it's important to slow down this morning. >> driving to arrive. slow down. we know you have to get to where you want to get to. if you spin o

santa clara city officials say governor brown's plans could throw a monkey wrench into their plans to build the 49ers a new stadium. amyfield is going to explain. they're going to try to change the governor's mind. >> oh, yes. they're ready to fight. they say they've been working on this too long for the governor to change the game at issue. whether they can fund a 49ers stadium here in santa clara. the governor has proposed doing away with all redevelopment agencies. the idea is that the state is broke and so the money needs to go towards local government and schools. but the stadium plan depends on $40 million from the state. it always has and there is no plan b. so city council members are going to aggressively fight to protect that money. tomorrow the city council has plans to change the language in the stadium deal to illustrate that this has been the plan for years, long before the governor came up with the idea to cut redevelopment funds. if the city loses this $40 million, officials could try to find some private funding or they could ditch the project but right now they're just waiting to see what will happen